We must look to the rising generation for the restoration of the country.

You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.

I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.

I should NOT be trading on the blood of my men.

While we see the Course of the final abolition of human Slavery is onward, and we give it the aid of our prayers and all justifiable means in our power, we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who sees the end; who Chooses to work by slow influences; and with whom two thousand years are but as a Single day.

Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted you mean to do right.

A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets has no charm for me. If the Union is dissolved and government disrupted, I shall return to my native state and share the miseries of my people, and save in defense will draw my sword on none.

A land without memories is a people without liberty.

Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.

If Virginia stands by the old Union, so will I. But if she secedes,... then I will follow my native state with my sword and, if need be, with my life.

We must enlist our own snake and strike like a cobra against their vitals with an attack on Washington.

The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.

To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love.

Go home all you boys who fought with me and help build up the shattered fortunes of our old state.

A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.

I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.

It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.

I have never witnessed on any previous occasion such entire disregard of the usage of civilized warfare and the dictates of humanity.